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Rodion Meglin is the main character of the Russian detective-psychological series The Method. He is a top—level investigator who solves the most complex murders. He was used to working alone, not revealing the secrets of his method. He always finds and catches murderers, often executing them right when they are detained. Esenia Steklova's partner.
He was played by Konstantin Khabensky.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
In General[]
- He is a noble vigilante who only kills those who deserve it and always saves innocent citizens.
- Although he became insane in season 2, it did not spoil his moral will much, and he still realized what was right and what was wrong, and did not commit any immoral acts.
- He sincerely cares about his partner Esenia Steklova, and tried to make her as experienced and independent as possible. Over time, their relationship became loving.
In the past[]
- Although he finished off his wounded mother, he did it purely under duress, because the killer forced him to do it, and after that he felt strong remorse for what he had done.
- He found the murderer of his parents and killed him, taking revenge on him. And besides him, he also killed several other criminals.
- He killed Esenia's mother because she was a deranged serial killer.
Season 1[]
- He exposed the murderer, Vladimir, who killed the girl Tanya (Esenia's girlfriend), and allowed him to be arrested.
- He saved Esenia from the maniac Grigory Belykh by killing him.
- He exposed the kidnapper, the Summer resident, allowed him to be arrested and released his captive girls.
- He helped Esenia defeat a serial killer, a Parkour driver, and thus prevent his serial murders.
- He killed a serial killer, a Hangman, and thus prevented his serial murders of girls.
- He defeated a serial killer, a Clean-up worker, and thus prevented his serial murders.
- He also exposed and killed many other serial killers.
- He defeated the brainwasher, Rubel, and thereby prevented him from staging a mass shooting.
- He saved Esenia from the serial killer Anna Sviridova by defeating and arresting the latter.
- He killed the extremely dangerous serial killer Alexei Anufriev, thereby thwarting his plan to kill 365 people.
Season 2[]
- He helped Esenia expose and defeat serial killer Ekaterina Suvorova.
- He helped Esenia expose and defeat serial killer Sergei Vereshchagin.
- He exposed Andrei Pasyuk as a serial killer and the murderer of his father, and allowed his mother to deal with him herself.
- He saved Esenia from a serial killer, a Puppeteer, by killing the latter, and thereby preventing his cruel and painful torture of the girls.
- He helped expose 3 murderous bloggers, and allowed them to be arrested.
- He helped Esenia expose the serial killer Vadim Chistyakov, who kills women in rather sadistic ways.
- He saved Esenia from serial killer Nadezhda Suschkina.
- He helped Esenia defeat Yevgeny Osmyslovsky and save her daughter.
- He pretended to join the evil psychologist Igor Samarin, and staged Esenia's murder in front of his eyes, thereby allowing Samarin to be outwitted and, eventually, caught off guard and killed, and he thereby saved Esenia's daughter and prevented Samarin from brainwashing mentally ill people and turning them into serial killers.
- As a result, he stayed with Esenia, and became the new father for her child.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Although all of his victims deserved to die as dangerous serial killers, he is still too lethal and manic for an NPG, as he most often kills serial killers in rather cruel and sadistic ways, such as burning alive, poisoning, etc. These actions make him an obvious anti-hero.
- As a policeman, he broke the law several times, hiding behind his rank.
- He left Esenia alone with dangerous serial killers several times, and she almost died when she clashed with them. Although he did it in order to teach her to stand up for herself.
External Links[]
- Rodion Meglin on the Heroes Wiki